Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: Key issues revisited

Precambrian Research

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-202

  Zhao, Guochun ^a   Sun, Min ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^b   Sanzhong, Li ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Archean; Collision; North China Craton; Paleoproterozoic; Rifting

Indexed keywords

CRATON; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; PRECAMBRIAN;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NORTH KOREA; PRESSURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROCK;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; WORLD;

EID: 11444255931     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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